Epstein 'frantically' tried to turn compound into 'private town with own police': report
Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 2:16 pm
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2676901363/
In the lead up to Jeffrey Epstein’s second criminal indictment in 2019, the disgraced financier had “frantically” tried to turn his secretive compound in New Mexico into a “private municipality with its own governance structure and potentially its own law enforcement jurisdiction,” journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez exclusively reported on Friday.
A resident of New Mexico, Valdes-Rodriguez has uncovered a number of revelations regarding Epstein largely revolving around Zorro Ranch, including that the property may have been used to surveil two U.S. nuclear weapons labs using software compromised by Israeli intelligence.
On Friday, Valdes-Rodriguez reported that Epstein had apparently worked with a wealthy golf resort developer-turned lawyer in a scramble to turn the sprawling compound into a “town” with its own “legal identity.”